‘Exceptionally significant’ Indigenous Australian spears to return to Sydney after 250 years
by Rafqa Touma from World news | The Guardian on (#5XTBZ)
Three of four remaining Kamay spears, stolen by James Cook from Gweagal men, to be displayed at Chau Chak Wing Museum for three months
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Three Indigenous spears taken by James Cook will be returned to Sydney for the first time in 250 years.
The spears, described as exceptionally significant", have been loaned by the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge for display at the University of Sydney's Chau Chak Wing Museum for three months from Friday.
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